Six Die as Engine Collides With Auto at Rail Crossing
A Chesapeake and Ohio Diesel engine struck a car at a Meadow Bridge crossing killing six aboard and injuring a seventh. The victims include Charles Ross and Mildred Ross, Mansfield and Ethel Dudley, Catherine Peters, and Judy Peters. Mrs Peters is in fair condition with multiple injuries.
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Meadow Bridge
C. Ge McClain
Rainelle
Herman Peters
Charmee
McClain
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Charles Ross
Mildred
East Rainelle
Mansfield Dudley
Ethel Sowers Duddey
Radford
Catherine Peters
Herman Pe‘ters
Peters
Judy
Rain
Elle General Hospital
Dudley
Pine
Charmco
A.M. Simms
Engier
Nickell Funeral Home
RaineHe
Alvin Cope and Ann Jacbouski Wed in Mount Hope
Alvin C. Cope and his bride Ann Jacbouski were married Sunday at the Presbyterian Church in Mount Hope. The couple will reside in Mount Hope with Cope a Navy veteran and Jacbouski employed at General Stores in Oak Hill.
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Alvin Cope
Bride
Mt. Hope
Y Register
Mount Hope
Alvin C. Cope
Ann Jacbouski
Mike Jacobouski
Sun
Presbyterian
W. W. Pharr
Virginia Cope
Land Charles Jachouski
Mt. Hope High School
General Stores
Oak Hill
United States Navy
Clide Cope
Dewey Short Addresses Labor At Fayette GOP Dinner
About 200 attendees at the Fayette County Lincoln Day Dinner in Gauley Bridge heard Rep. Dewey Short of Missouri discuss labor laws and government strikes. Short supported unions and the right to strike but urged labor to set its house in order to preserve gains of the last 25 years. Mayor C. R. Hill of Oak Hill chaired the event as toastmaster.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Lincoln
Gauley Bridge
Dewey Short
Missouri
Short
William Thompson
Montgomery
C. R. Hill
Oak Hill
Republican Executive Committee
Oak Hill VFW set monthly meetings starting February
Oak Hill VFW commander James P. Painter announced monthly meetings beginning February 26 and the last Wednesday of each month, replacing prior semi monthly sessions. A membership drive continues, with Painter calling on overseas veterans to join. Meetings are at Oak Hill City Hall.
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Resister
Oak Hill
James P. Painter
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Painter
Negro Church To Hold Convention In West Virginia
The Fourth District Sunday School Union of the West Virginia Baptist Convention meets at Cunard Baptist Church this weekend. About 3,000 local Negro Sunday school members are served in the district, with E. C. Smith of Fayette County Schools delivering the closing address.
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Rerister Staf
Payetteville
West Virginia
Moose Valentine Party At Oak Hill Lodge
Oak Hill Moose Lodge hosts a Valentine party for local Moose women and Sixth District lodges Friday night. Whitesville Beckley and Layland delegates expected. An 8 p m business meeting precedes a social hour with entertainment by Mrs Trinia Garcia Howell Miss Theresa Arcadia and Harold Sprouse. Local chapter women will serve a closing banquet.
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OAK _HILL
Oak Hill
Moose Lodge
Whitesville, Beckley
Layland
Trinia Garcia Howell
Theresa Arcadia
Harold Sprouse
Oak Hill Troop 125 Plans Activities For Scout Week
Oak Hill Troop 125 marks National Boy Scout Week with a party tonight sponsored by the Rotary Club. The group plans to attend a jamboree in Charleston and will worship at Oak Hill Methodist Church Sunday morning with Walter Christian as scoutmaster. Merit badges likely awarded at the service. Tuesday night speaker Louis J. Epstein addressed the troop at Oak Hill High School gym.
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Oak Hill
Rotary Lu . J
Charleston
Oak Hill Methodist ‘Church
Angie
Walter Christian
Louis J. Epstein
Oak Hill High School
Miner Burns While Working At Carlisle Mine
L B Morgan aged 34 from Glen Jean sustained facial burns while working in the Carlisle mine of the New River Company on Wednesday morning. He was admitted to Oak Hill Hospital in not serious condition according to attendants.
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L. B. Morgan
Register
Oak Hill
L.B. Morgan
Glen Jean
Carlisle
New River Company
Oak Hill Hospital
Rainbow Order in Mt Hope to Contact Prospective Girls
Advisory Board of the Order of Rainbow met at Masonic Hall Mt Hope Tuesday night Mrs Bolton chairman appointed committees A list of girls was given to the membership committee for contact Any girl wanting to join the Mt Hope charter must contact her or a Winolia Chapter member to avoid exclusion from the list.
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Mt.’ Hope
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Hall
Mt. Hope
Marie Bolton
Winolia! Chapter
Johnsons Suffer With Colds Reported
Mr and Mrs Ralph Johnson were reported to be suffering from colds in the household illness note.
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Layland
Ralph Johnson
Minden Miner Taken By Death
A Minden miner Allen Tipton 59 died in Oak Hill Hospital after a five week illness. Born in Tracy City Tennessee October 13 1888 he is survived by his wife Mally Harding Topton Minden two brothers two sisters and several children. Funeral services will be held at Rock Lick Community Church Friday at 2 pm with burial in Turley Cemetery Oak Hill.
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Oak
Ernest
Stotesbury
Bobby
Chester
Billy Joe
Ruth
Roberta
Marcella Tipton
Minden
Pearlie Eden
Big Stick
Mabel Tanner
Juanita Tipton
Geneva
N. Y
Rock Lick
P. A. Yal
Oak Hill
Turley Cemetery
Mullens Attorney Opposes Wyoming Intermediate Court Plan
Mullens attorney D Grove Moler opposes Senator Ward Wylie’s proposed Wyoming intermediate court bill. Moler letters R D Bailey and resigns Bar Association duties, arguing the bill creates a de facto circuit court with $50 000 budget and no clerk pay, and would cost Wyoming County about $8 000 yearly while preserving existing circuit court.
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Mullens
Wyoming
Ward Wylie
D Grove Moler
R. D. Bailey
Wyoming County Bar Association
Moler
Bar Association
Wyoming County
Wrylie
Oak Hill Chamber Reorganizes at Joint Dinner Meeting
The Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce reorganization will steer the agenda for a joint dinner gathering with the Rotary Club Lions Club and Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Hill. Lt. Col. D. D. Holliday Ted McDowell Beckley Post-Herald editor Owen Rickard Beckley Chamber of Commerce managing director and Crewe Maples Chamber president will attend. A subsequent business session will elect a new board of directors.
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Oak Hll
Oak Hill
Castle Rock Bank Set to Open February 20
Castle Rock Bank of Pineville will open February 20, announced by President Elmer W. Cook. The date moved up from February 12 due to unavoidable delays. The bank's president is the son of local residents and also leads First Clark National Bank in Northfork. The bank will be housed in the Worrell Building in Pineville.
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Associated Press
Pineville
Castle Rock Bank
Elmer W. Cook
R. L. Cook
First Clark National Bank
Northfork
Worrell
Nolley to Lead Mullens P T A Committee
G M Nolley chairs a Mullens P T A committee to study forming a county level organization with help from C V Jo and Miss Bruna Rezzonico. Founders Day Program featured talks on PTA history and good PTA, with St Andrews Church youth leading devotionals. Spring carnival March 18 at Ben Dunman Grade School will raise funds for city playgrounds and crown two school queens.
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Ir Walter
Mullens
G. M. Nolley
Grover C. Worrell
Mullens P. T. A
Parent- Teachers’ Association
C. V. Jo
Bruna Rezzonico
Mullens Civic Club
P.T.A
Mullens P.T.A
Grover C. Workell
C. V. Stewart
St Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Ben Dunman
Judge D M Easley Disqualifies Self In Chancery Case
Judge D M Easley disqualified himself from the chancery case Paul H Cook et al v George R Stewart et al citing prior representation of a Pineville bank receiver. case referred to McDowell county circuit court. Judge Thomas H S Curd will hear evidence later. A separate notice records a surveyor appointment in Virginia Mae Reed v Gilbert Lester. Jean S Miles seeks divorce from Billy C Miles with cruelty and custody, alimony, and fees. Twenty six divorces granted in two days with many cases continued.
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Mullens
Pineville
D.M. Easley
Paul H. Cook
George’ R. Stewart
McDowell County
Stewart
Cook
Thomas H. S. Curd
Welch
Virginia Mae Reed
Gilbert Lester
Jean S. Miles
Billy C. Miles
Roy Allen
Betty Lou Allen
Edith Alley
Joe Alley
Bessie Bentley
Curtis Bentley
Beatrice Bowden
Harold Bowden
Margaret H. Brannin
James D. Brannin
J. W. Burton, Jr
Sarrah
Ellen Burton
Anna Mae Chandler
John Chandler
Evelyn Choviere
Bernard L. McGraw
Doris McGraw
Quinnie Nix
Joseph S. Nix
Leona Richardson
Roy Richardson
Elmer Skeens
Mabel Skeens
Hazel Thomas
Grace O. Thomas
Andrew Watts
Gertrude Watts
Donald Webb
Lula Webb
Helen Webster
Infant
Harley E. Webster
Laura White
Chester White
Ruth Altizer
Hershel Altizer
Edna B. Craft
William Craft
Boysie Davis
Louise Davis
Gladys Farley
Ray J. Farley
Blanche Hunter
Wiliam Hunter
Zola M. Hurst
Denver G. Hurst
Freda Mae Miller
Aubrey James
Miller
Jean A. Miller
C. E. Miller
Mary ‘Frances Payne
Arthur Rod
Miners Remain Away From Work At Red Jacket
Wyoming superintendent A A Pugh said 260 Red Jacket Coal miners stay off the job after a dispute over a mine physician. The UMW workers favored Dr M B E Meek while the company would continue with Dr Wilkinson, with no written agreement to switch.
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Register
Wyoming
A. A. Pugh
Red Jacket Coal Corporation
UMW
BE. M. Wilkinson
H. C. Franklin
M. BE. Meek
Pugh
Dr. Wilkinson
Dr. Meek
Legion Auxiliary Plans March Party
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a March meeting on the first Monday each month to avoid conflicts with the Jr. Woman's Club. Twenty three pocketbooks from a veteran at a government hospital were distributed for sale. Effie Delp read an article on National Defense. Hostesses at the Moose club meeting were Mrs. W. A. Delp Mrs. Gene Cozort and Mrs. Sammy Farmer. Co-hostesses for March 1 are Mrs. Gene Atkins Mrs. Waverly Tibbs and Mrs. June Coffee.
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Llens
American Legion
Jr. Woman’s Club
N. C
J. A
Peterfish
Effie Delp
Moose Club
W. A. Delp
Gene Cozort
Sammy Farmer
Gene Atkins
Waverly Tibbs
June Coffee
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